THE MORMON GOD

Mormons believe that there are a great many Gods throughout the universe, each ruling their own planet. However, the only God with whom they have to do is their own deity called Elohim; who leads a married life, and who fathered Christ, all of mankind and the angelic beings in the normal manner, in a prior spiritual existence.

Elohim was once an ordinary, mortal man, living on a fallen planet, just like you and me. After He had progressed sufficiently and had gained the requisite amount of knowledge, he was exalted to godhood. When the writer was still a member of the LDS, they frequently quoted the following couplet from the pulpit:

As man is, God once was; As God is, man may become.

According to their own LDS teachings, as their God has a body of flesh and bone, he is limited to being in only one place at a time.



THE BIBLICAL GOD

The biblical God is the eternal, self-existing First Cause. He created and sustains the universe and all that is in it, so everyone and everything that exists is subject to Him. Moreover He is unique in that He is, always has been and always will be the only God in existence. This means that He reigns supreme over all. (The Bible teaches that all other so-called gods are false gods, and behind every false god or idol stands that great deceiver, Satan.)

Because He is spirit, the biblical God's presence permeates the entire universe. So there is nothing He does not see or know. He has no limitations as His abilities are infinite. He is eternally unchanging, immortal and omnipotent, and unlike the Mormon God He never had to progress in any way. And as He has never, ever sinned, He didn't ever need salvation or forgiveness. In other words, the biblical God is, always has been, and always will be, far superior to mankind in every conceivable way.

The Bible teaches that both mankind and the angelic beings were created by God, and not fathered by Him biologically as Mormons are led to believe they were.

The following links lead to articles on this site that amplify the teachings on both the Mormon and the biblical Gods. Unlike this short article, they are fully referenced with both biblical and LDS quotes.

Understanding the Biblical God

The Mormon Gods, Past and Present

The LDS Holy Spirit and Holy Ghost

The Case Against the God of Mormonism

To access a comprehensive index of fully referenced articles comparing various other aspects of Mormonism with what the Bible teaches, click on the "home" button at the bottom of this page.

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